Introduction to Microsoft App-V

  • Why virtualize your Windows applications?

Overview of App-V’s Application Virtualization Architecture

  • How application virtualization works
  • The role of the client
  • The role of the Sequencer
  • The role of the Management server
  • The App-V Package

Planning Your Virtualization Infrastructure

  • Planning the App-V supporting infrastructure
  • Overview of various deployment scenarios
  • Installing and configuring the App-V server

Installing and Configuring the Application Virtualization Sequencer

  • Overview of the application virtualization sequencer
  • Planning the sequencer environment
  • Classifying applications for sequencing
  • Understanding the sequencing limitations
  • Sequencing your first application
  • Using the sequencer-generated MSI file to deploy offline

Upgrading Your App-V Application Package

  • Updating a package to replace an existing one
  • Updating a package for deployment with the existing package
  • Updating a package with PowerShell
  • Sequencing for connection groups (plug-ins and middleware)
  • Using the App-V package converter (4.6 to 5.x)
  • Dynamic configuration and targeted scripting

Advanced App-V Sequencing Techniques

  • Sequencing a web-based application
    • Creating a Virtual Environment for the application
  • Sequencing an application that hard codes its install to the C:\ drive
  • Performing an Open for Package Upgrade on an existing package

Application Virtualization Management Server Administration

  • Application Virtualization Management Console Overview
  • Publishing applications into the Application Virtualization Environment
  • Modifying published applications & configuring version upgrades
  • Performing management tasks

Planning & installing the Microsoft Application Virtualization Client

  • Planning the deployment of Application Virtualization Client
  • Installing & Configuring the App-V client
  • Managing the client configuration features using PowerShell

Troubleshooting App-V

  • Combining different areas of knowledge: foundational, operational, contextual
  • Using Process Monitor to troubleshoot
  • Troubleshooting the App-V client
  • Advanced troubleshooting

Microsoft App-V Best Practices

  • Verifying the configuration settings of an App-V Server 5.x instance
  • Understanding the program
  • Items to document
    • Components, update requirements, post-installation configuration steps, user behavior, workarounds

Microsoft Powershell Scripting

  • Commands to install App-V 5.x packages
  • Commads to uninstall App-V 5.x packages
  • Publish / Unpublish the App-V 5.x packages
  • How to access App-V virtual bubble
  • Commands to Install / Uninstall Connection Groups
  • Commands to enable / disable Connection Groups
  • Write custom scripts to customize the packages
  • Explain scenario based custom scripts and execute them through App-V package

Meet PowerShell

  • Introduction to PowerShell Console and ISE environment
  • Tab completion and intellisense
  • Difference between ISE and Console

 

Using the Help System

  • Using the help system
  • Interpreting the help
  • Updating help topics
  • Updating help topics without internet (offline)

The Pipeline Connecting Commands

  • Connecting commands
  • Exporting to CSV or XML
  • Piping to file
  • HTML output

Adding Commands

  • Installing the Modules
  • How to use properties and methods
  • Sorting and Selecting
  • Formatting in Tables / List

Filtering and Comparisons

  • Filtering output
  • Why filter on left
  • Using comparison operators

Using Windows Management Instrumentation

  • WMI Basics
  • Exploring WMI
  • WMI vs CIM
  • Getting WMI Objects
  • Getting CIM Instances
  • WMI Help/documentation

 

 Input and Output

  • Prompting for info
  • Writing to screen
  • Writing to pipeline
  • Writing to other places

 Programming Constructs

  • If…ElseIf…Else
  • Do…While
  • While
  • Switch
  • ForEach/For Loop